From the monthly archives: March 2009

March Badness

On March 16, 2009 By

No doubt most of you have heard of March Madness in reference to the annual NCAA basketball tournament, but how many of you have heard of March Badness? The folks over at One Wisconsin Now have a fun little time waster featuring a who’s who of corrupt and otherwise bad politicians and public figures.

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AIG planning huge bonuses after getting bailout bucks

On March 15, 2009 By

Looks like the same folks who drove AIG into the ground are going to receive nice big bonuses for all their good work:

The American International Group, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday [...]

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Jim Cramer gets excoriated by John Stewart

On March 14, 2009 By

This is actually kind of painful…here’s part one of Jon Stewart’s interview with Jim Cramer:

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1

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This one’s for you, Reasonable Progressive

On March 14, 2009 By

This one’s for the Reasonable Progressive, seeing as how she’s such a big fan of Nancy Pelosi:

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GOP in open revolt?

On March 12, 2009 By

To say Michael Steele has had a bad week would be an understatement. I wrote yesterday about the rumors that Steele could be facing a no-confidence vote at the end of the month, and today brought more bad news for Steele. In an interview with GQ magazine, Steele called abortion an “individual choice” [...]

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Palin daughter breaks up with child’s father

On March 11, 2009 By

It looks like Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston, the father of her child, are on the outs, despite public statements they planned on marrying:

[I]n a new interview with Star Magazine, Levi’s sister Mercede Johnston says Bristol actually broke up with Levi more than a month ago, is not attending school and rarely lets [...]

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Steele to face no-confidence vote?

On March 11, 2009 By

I don’t know how reliable the source is, but All Headline News is reporting Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele as early as the end of this month:

Political Wire, citing GOP insiders, says a no confidence vote will likely be held after the election whether or not the Republican nominee, New York State [...]

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Politicians behaving badly…

On March 11, 2009 By

Here’s two examples of politicians behaving badly. First up is Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), who used profanity when asked a question about his involvement in several scandals:

The next politician behaving badly is Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky, who used profanity during a conference call with reporters:

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning cursed [...]

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The trunk monkey

On March 11, 2009 By

Some of the funniest commercials I’ve seen in a good long time…

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South Shore Citizens for a Prosperous Future

On March 10, 2009 By

This comes courtesy of Dave Maass:

The South Shore Citizens for a Prosperous Future is hosting a community meeting on Thursday, March12, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., in the Chase Bank Community Room, 4702 S Packard Avenue in Cudahy (that’s on the southeast corner of Packard and Layton – the parking lot is to the East). [...]

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